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But a desal plant won't help the city through its immediate emergency: water demand is expected to surpass supply by summer 2027.
Only lots of rain - lots of it - can keep Corpus from becoming the first U.S. city to run short of water.
https://t.co/OnnU2p7l3r
Thoroughly fun read.
A group of second and third graders in McAlllen ISD listened to evidence against the “Big Bad Wolf” and delivered a surprising acquittal.
Via @MyRGVNews
https://t.co/Z3YgQIttyS
Detained DACA recipient with valid status through June 2027 set to be released today from ICE custody, according to @immigrattorney.
✍️ story by @ocnarfjimenez
No end to the praise for @godovasquez by anyone who worked with him: Kind, generous, amazingly talented, detailed to a fault.
That the @AP laid him off will never make sense.
Please donate to his cause & photo editors, you have a GREAT ONE
PLIS donate: https://t.co/nNF17S3YC3
After nearly 27 years as a reporter for the Associated Press, my time with the company has abruptly come to an end. I was part of a group of AP employees around the country who were laid off today. I was hoping I could survive layoffs after buyouts but it was not to be. (1/ 7)
1/3
On May 15, Associated Press leadership cut 20 guild covered staff. Layoffs included U.S. news, photographers, investigations, business and sports across 12 states.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which advocates for low-income families, estimates 79,600 people could be forced to leave their homes, with a disproportionate impact on children and Latinos.
HUD collected public comments. If finalized, legal challenges are expected.
NEW: Port Isabel Housing Authority bungled a message to residents in Feb. indicating a proposed rule ending housing assistance to mixed-status families was taking effect.
What happened next offers a glimpse of the impact rule would have if it takes hold.
https://t.co/JwTPfS92FX
PIHA asked residents for two things HUD does not yet require:
-citizenship documentation only
-docs from assistance-ineligible residents
A follow-up letter tried walking it back, but it was too late.
PIHA occupancy rate plummeted from 91% to 43%. The national avg. is 94%.
Lots of news happened in TX public safety today @texastribune: Key parts of a TX law that allows state & local police to arrest people suspected of having crossed the southern border illegally is halted, 1 day before it was set to take effect. https://t.co/JSoKgnkzCD
Midland Mayor: 6M barrels/day of Permian oil production comes with 32M barrels of wastewater
That's 1.3 BILLION GALLONS PER DAY of wastewater
(Context: the Coastal Bend region of Texas consumes up to 120M gal/day)
“We truly have water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink”
U.S. Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning in the latest leadership shake-up of officials implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. https://t.co/lv0Hp3pQj1
After an obscure defense vendor won a $12 million no-bid contract w/ ICE, I noticed something odd on its website: The firm was using a (still watermarked!) stock photo for the chief of its “development team.”
Things only got more bizarre from there…
My first piece for @TexasTribune: Texas Republicans have a data center problem
They’re caught between a zealous president and governor bent on Texas becoming the next global data center hub, and outraged constituents in red and rural districts, where most ctrs are being proposed